Lest we forget: Eddie O’Brien

One-half of the Major League O’Brien twins passed away Feb. 17, at the age of 83. Wonder why it took so long to get into The New York Times, and subsequently surprised it was given this much space. The obituary was written by Richard Goldstein, author of a couple of books about baseball (and other topics).

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Ron by Roth

In my "day job," I'm the features and sports editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper. I'm also the editor of the Bibliography Committee Newsletter for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

I did a piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.